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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Paul Gilmore, Howell, MI (US);
Yuyang Song, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Phouvadol Khouphongsy, Saline, MI (US);
Umesh Gandhi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignees:
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 21/01 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01286 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a vehicle, an airbag located within the vehicle, an elongatable tether anchored to the airbag at both ends, and an actuator configured to control the elongatable tether. In a first state of the actuator, the tether elongates when the airbag is inflated, and in a second state of the actuator, the tether does not elongate when the airbag is inflated.